How about a Pistonheads (cheapish) Italian car meet?
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Well, why not? After all, we are the only people on here with any taste. Don't tell the Germans!
Maybe at or near Gaydon as it is central, and has a museum of old cars (British cars being the next best thing to Italian cars, French third, Germany, Sweden and Japan not even on the same lap. US: nice trucks, guys.). The Boot Inn at Lapworth is a fine spot for lunch, and is on a decent B road.
I say cheapish, but don't let that stop anyone bringing something expensive and even exotic with a horse, bull, or trident on it. Maybe not a modern bull, as that's just an Audi, but whatevs.
Maybe at or near Gaydon as it is central, and has a museum of old cars (British cars being the next best thing to Italian cars, French third, Germany, Sweden and Japan not even on the same lap. US: nice trucks, guys.). The Boot Inn at Lapworth is a fine spot for lunch, and is on a decent B road.
I say cheapish, but don't let that stop anyone bringing something expensive and even exotic with a horse, bull, or trident on it. Maybe not a modern bull, as that's just an Audi, but whatevs.
citizensm1th said:
Breadvan72 said:
This lot are too rough for Asti. Lambrini will do for them.
thank god you did not insist on prosecco nasty stuffGerman cars, rubbish, but German Sekt, yummy. Sparkling Riesling. The gits mostly keep it to themselves and it is not exported much, but when in a bar in Berlin and not in the mood for the excellent beer, nom nom the Sekt.
I have one red one and one silver one but would bring the red one, if it doesn't explode.
How about a Saturday in June?
There have been various good suggestions about venue etc but I still incline to Gaydon because it is near the middle of the motorway network. Lunch venue suggestions invited. There is a pretty country house hotel near Alcester but the food was a bit meh when I last went there. I mentioned the Boot at Lapworth, a large gastropub in a pretty rural setting near a flight of canal locks, with good country roads nearby. Good food; not cheap but not mega expensive either. Hilarious orange and be-blinged Solihull ladies with Botox shots and convertible Audis much in evidence*. Any other ideas?
* Speaking as a West Midlander by birth (I escaped a while back), we West Midlanders just cannot handle wealth and invariably become vulgar and blingy if we get a bit of cash. Good comedy value.
How about a Saturday in June?
There have been various good suggestions about venue etc but I still incline to Gaydon because it is near the middle of the motorway network. Lunch venue suggestions invited. There is a pretty country house hotel near Alcester but the food was a bit meh when I last went there. I mentioned the Boot at Lapworth, a large gastropub in a pretty rural setting near a flight of canal locks, with good country roads nearby. Good food; not cheap but not mega expensive either. Hilarious orange and be-blinged Solihull ladies with Botox shots and convertible Audis much in evidence*. Any other ideas?
* Speaking as a West Midlander by birth (I escaped a while back), we West Midlanders just cannot handle wealth and invariably become vulgar and blingy if we get a bit of cash. Good comedy value.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 15th April 11:08
Righty ho, how about we do this on the first Saturday in August? That's 2nd August in yer English money.
I can't go to that do at Brooklands on 3rd May, and to be frank it all looks a bit flash and Barry to me. Live and let live, and varied tastes are fab, but I am one of those rare PH'ers who believes that Lancia actually made some cars that weren't Integrales, and whose Italian dream car might not be some super mega uber 'Rari but might instead be an Alfa GT Junior with a 1300 cc engine.
OK, I am lying, my Italian dream car is probably a Maserati Mexico or a drophead Lancia Flaminia, but whatevs!
I can't go to that do at Brooklands on 3rd May, and to be frank it all looks a bit flash and Barry to me. Live and let live, and varied tastes are fab, but I am one of those rare PH'ers who believes that Lancia actually made some cars that weren't Integrales, and whose Italian dream car might not be some super mega uber 'Rari but might instead be an Alfa GT Junior with a 1300 cc engine.
OK, I am lying, my Italian dream car is probably a Maserati Mexico or a drophead Lancia Flaminia, but whatevs!
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 26th April 06:55
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